Henares hopes Pacquiao learned 'tax lessons'

by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBNNews.com

MANILA, Philippines – Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares hopes Manny Pacquiao has learned his lessons after being hit by a P2.1-billion tax deficiency case for his fight earnings in 2008 and 2009.

Pacquiao stands to earn a guaranteed $20 million for his upcoming rematch against Timothy Bradley and Henares wants the boxer to report in his 2014 income tax return the tax duties he has to pay in the US.

Bob Arum claimed that the BIR chief should be ashamed of herself for chasing the Filipino superstar.

“ You gotta be ashamed to yourself, lady. He is the icon of the Philippines fighting anything that he is required to do there’s no reason why he can’t do next Monday or Tuesday rather than two or three days before one of the biggest fights of his career,” he said. – With a report from Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau